Arise for Social Justice

We're a Western MA low-income rights organization which believes we have the right to speak for ourselves. Our members are poor, homeless, at-risk, working, unemployed and people pushed to the side by society. We organize! Voting rights, homelessness, housing, health care, criminal injustice and more!

SPRINGFIELD -- Arise for Social Justice, a Western Massachusetts community activist group, will gather at Springfield police headquarters Wednesday afternoon to call for the immediate resignation of Police Commissioner John...

SPRINGFIELD -- A group of housing advocates held a rally outside Springfield City Hall Thursday evening, calling for expanded affordable housing and eviction reform. Members of the demonstration, organized by...

SPRINGFIELD -- City Council Vice President Orland Ramos and environmental activists voiced opposition to the long-debated plan for a biomass energy plant in East Springfield at a press conference outside...

For the past couple of months, Arise and our Climate Justice partner organizations, have been working to get a climate change action plan for Springfield. We’ve held community meetings in...

Resist is a foundation that supports people's movements for justice and liberation. We redistribute resources back to frontline communities at the forefront of change while amplifying their stories of building a better world.